1. Eastern Religion - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Eastern religion is a term used to refer to religions originating in the Eastern world — India, China, Japan and Southeast Asia —and thus have dissimilarities with Western religions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_religion

Eastern religion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search A 13th century Cambodian statue of Vishnu Distribution of Dharmic religions (yellow), as opposed to Abrahamic religions (purple). Eastern religion is a term used to refer to religions originating in the Eastern world India China Japan and Southeast Asia —and thus have dissimilarities with Western religions . This includes the East Asian and Indian religious traditions, as well as animistic indigenous religions The terms Eastern and Western religion are largely synonymous with Indian religion and Abrahamic religion , respectively. dubious discuss However this East-West religious distinction, just as with the East-West culture distinction, and the implications that arise from it, are broad and not precise. Furthermore the geographical distinction has less meaning in the current context of global transculturation While many Western observers attempt to distinguish between Eastern philosophies and religions, this is a distinction that does not exist in some Eastern traditions. Contents Indian Religions Hinduism Buddhism Jainism ... edit Indian Religions A Hindu temple in Sri Lanka For more details on this topic, see

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